Scientific Societies and Outreach
Professional membership:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, Invited member)
- American Meteorological Society (AMS, Associate member)
- American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)
- Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (Life Member)
- University of Virginia Postdoc Association (UVa-Postdoc)
Other Community and Departmental Services
- Reviewer and Judge: The 14th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition-2014, University of Virginia, VA
- Multi-disciplinary research oriented activities (e.g.,Chalk-Talk, Post-doctoral day, Review panel in New Horizons Travel Grants) led by UVa-Postdocs
- Reviewer and Judge: The 13th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition-2013, University of Virginia, VA
- Reviewer and Judge: Enviro-Day: Annual Research Symposium, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, USA
- In Review panel in New Horizons Travel Grants, University of Virginia, VA.
- Scientific networking via: ResearcherID, ResearchGate, AGU Blogosphere, Copernicus Office (EGU-EMS), Google-Scholar
- Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPA) program for AGU Fall Meeting
- Participation in numerous working group meeting, project investigator meetings.
- Referees for Graduate Students at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Outreach Activities
- Participation in Science Fair mentor-ship program by University of Virginia Faculty initiated by Vice President for Research
- Demonstration of radiosounding system to school students. Western Albemarle High School students, Location: Innisfree site, Virginia.
- Science fair mentoring to middle school students: Campaign planned: Air Pollution in a narrow valley
- Popular Talk at Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA. Understanding our Atmosphere, March 2014.
- AGU’s Expert Outreach Network (AEON)